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About Peridot
Colours: Spring Green to Olive Green
Hardness: 6 1/2 - 7
Peridot is the name given to gem-quality specimens of the mineral Olivine.
Finest quality gems come from islands in the Red Sea, but deposits of smaller
stones have been found in New Mexico and Arizona. Stones tend to be highly flawless
and their brilliant range of green hues have made them extremely popular in
the manufacture of jewelry. Peridot is sometimes called the evening Emerald
because it appears to lose the yellow highlights of its colour at night, thus becoming
more Emerald green in tone.
Peridot is the name given to gem-quality specimens of the mineral Olivine.
Finest quality gems come from islands in the Red Sea, but deposits of smaller
stones have been found in New Mexico and Arizona. Stones tend to be highly flawless
and their brilliant range of green hues have made them extremely popular in
the manufacture of jewelry. Peridot is sometimes called the evening Emerald
because it appears to lose the yellow highlights of its colour at night, thus becoming
more Emerald green in tone.
